Ratha

Also called rathas, bhadra, karna

A vertical projection of the wall and tower of a temple; plans are tri-, pancha- or sapta-ratha according to the number on each face. (Also a temple chariot.)

Rules that use the word

Rathas: the plan in projecting planes. Break each face of the square sanctum into projections (rathas), three, five, seven or more, that step forward towards the central one, and carry them up unbroken through the wall and the tower.

Streets wide enough for the god’s car. Make one ring of streets round the temple wide and straight enough for the temple car (ratha), on which the image is drawn round the town at the great festival.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters South and Southeast Asia.

A feature of Hindu Temple: Nagara (North Indian) architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Quinto acuto · Quoin · Radiating chapels · Rafter · Redented · Regula · Regulating lines · Reinforced concrete